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Local Authority Education Expenditure

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the capital expenditure on education by each local authority in England in each year since 1989-90. [11432]

Mrs. Gillan: The following tables gives capital expenditure by each local education authority in England in each year from 1990-91 to 1994-95. Information on 1989-90 and 1995-96 is not available.

Capital expenditure on education by local authorities: 1990-91 to 1994-95 (cash terms)

					£000s
	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95
City of London	18,181	0	25	2	2,779
Camden	1,256	2,819	1,542	409	1,353
Greenwich	(9)--	1,501	1,122	402	2,182
Hackney	1,492	1,203	1,212	1,535	2.585
Hammersmith and Fulham	2,169	2,071	4,738	3,398	2,304
Islington	3,872	1,947	598	851	1,283
Kensington and Chelsea	5,046	2,798	2,023	2,412	2,339
Lambeth	894	1,587	2,144	1,789	2,071
Lewisham	1,522	1,534	757	1,967	4,795
Southwark	(9)--	2,159	3,148	3,906	4,407
Tower Hamlets	19,602	17.103	12,918	12,068	11,718
Wandsworth	3,818	4,306	5,835	6,114	7,694
City of Westminster	1,301	1,848	1,298	1,025	3,016
Barking and Dagenham	2,073	7,249	6,604	3,013	5,561
Barnet	5,255	2,300	2,734	5,278	5,572
Bexley	2,666	2,365	3,206	5,606	5,411
Brent	6,447	3,727	2,496	1,639	1,321
Bromley	5,527	7,215	6,189	6,311	13,453
Croydon	15,764	8,439	4,532	3,772	7,045
Ealing	2,816	1,926	3,524	4,561	5,054
Enfield	20,457	16,146	2,990	2,356	2,131
Haringey	1,339	2,047	693	2,801	2,615
Harrow	3,057	3,538	5,442	5,099	5,741
Havering	7,618	4,848	2,739	1,024	1,631
Hillingdon	4,958	1,717	5,513	9,195	4,842
Hounslow	5,300	5,304	7,311	5,877	3,528
Kingston upon Thames	4,144	4,213	1,257	1,406	3,117
Merton	10,861	3,955	3,468	3,538	4,791
Newham	7,128	10,662	6,751	1,818	3,087
Redbridge	5,842	3,264	5,370	3,413	5,337
Richmond upon Thames	3,010	2,946	2,713	2,554	2,898
Sutton	7,536	7,292	3,907	3,426	4,353
Waltham Forest	6,973	3,441	5,869	7,264	3,996
Birmingham	14,121	14,507	12,690	12,853	16,647
Coventry	11,415	6,877	5,388	3,042	3,052
Dudley	4,640	6,667	10,935	4,047	4,746
Sandwell	4,352	2,740	2,190	5,581	5,625
Solihull	3,275	3,389	2,644	3,481	3,497
Walsall	2,957	2,447	2,508	1,528	1,791
Wolverhampton	2,189	2,631	3,224	3,304	2,298
Knowsley	2,885	1,297	2,548	2,496	2,069
Liverpool	3,371	2,477	2,367	3,457	7,193
St. Helens	4,530	7,084	2,168	1,698	1,708
Sefton	4,854	3,636	2,294	2,996	1,199
Wirral	4,135	4,630	2,718	1,294	1,165
Bolton	3,683	1,530	2,037	1,642	1,777
Bury	1,324	1,085	1,047	618	1,491
Manchester	(9)--	6,907	9,807	9,171	12,593
Oldham	4,701	10,989	8,573	4,278	6,148
Rochdale	4,640	7,362	9,114	2,068	3,129
Salford	4,868	3,651	2,096	3,365	3,726
Stockport	3,123	2,552	2,033	1,933	1,694
Tameside	2,250	1,949	1,910	1,231	2,549
Trafford	11,207	5,333	5,572	5,515	4,008
Wigan	3,980	5,322	3,813	1,323	1,044
Barnsley	2,011	1,910	4,133	2,704	1,662
Doncaster	478	410	794	1,580	5,800
Rotherham	1,976	1,331	2,401	1,855	486
Sheffield	(9)--	6,302	7,022	8,188	8,181
Bradford	10,019	12,505	12,102	9,380	10,612
Calderdale	2,149	2,153	2,227	1,856	1,999
Kirklees	4,779	4,463	7,514	9,087	6,683
Leeds	10,903	20,429	25,556	21,537	9,799
Wakefield	(9)--	3,299	5,609	11,768	11,471
Gateshead	4,384	5,078	3,992	1,837	1,577
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,520	3,387	2,490	3,280	6,037
North Tyneside	2,122	1,963	2,331	3,603	4,854
South Tyneside	4,650	4,584	1,911	1,849	1,014
Sunderland	4,229	4,223	5,855	5,553	2,002
Isles of Scilly	212	50	117	35	22
Avon	10,539	15,323	14,077	8,979	8,069
Bedfordshire	3,219	1,872	5,880	5,531	5,207
Berkshire	10,662	7,357	16,234	17,656	17,079
Buckinghamshire	13,941	13,312	11,931	9,766	12,078
Cambridgeshire	16,232	22,713	23,230	8,596	10,921
Cheshire	10,778	16,465	21,908	19,022	21,310
Cleveland	6,643	4,954	4,786	4,103	5,715
Cornwall	12,333	11,435	14,611	10,787	7,989
Cumbria	8,306	10,100	12,325	12,859	10,016
Derbyshire	16,357	14,459	15,921	10,512	11,057
Devon	26,053	32,599	26,643	25,308	23,282
Dorset	8,900	13,195	14,622	11,837	20,180
Durham	5,822	7,159	8,218	6,863	6,684
East Sussex	13,937	17,275	18,156	16,494	17,832
Essex	19,713	23,992	19,844	17,971	23,824
Gloucestershire	11,956	10,569	7,331	9,338	10,775
Hampshire	33,101	25,013	23,715	24,508	34,322
Hereford and Worcester	11,919	10,656	5,493	7,807	8,427
Hertfordshire	14,040	14,091	13,432	11,702	16,845
Humberside	10,291	8,578	9,379	7,123	5,307
Isle of Wight	2,712	3,299	2,184	2,597	4,044
Kent	18,956	24,964	25,898	23,190	28,825
Lancashire	20,675	20,255	24,096	25,019	27,548
Leicestershire	13,282	12,543	12,373	10,344	10,374
Lincolnshire	11,667	18,463	19,485	15,641	16,346
Norfolk	6,936	6,152	5,707	7,490	6,724
North Yorkshire	5,586	10,844	8,170	7,070	4,715
Northamptonshire	4,956	3,966	3,250	8,438	5,701
Northumberland	2,969	5,460	5,338	2,968	2,503
Nottinghamshire	6,294	6,318	7,772	5,767	5,966
Oxfordshire	11,583	3,524	10,784	11,824	18,543
Shropshire	6,561	7,384	4,256	4,856	7,623
Somerset	7,777	5,770	11,132	10,412	8,466
Staffordshire	8,949	10,160	10,792	6,917	9,536
Suffolk	12,377	11,109	12,328	11,256	10,900
Surrey	17,896	17,366	15,917	22,179	22,566
Warwickshire	5,618	3,602	4,200	4,726	6,485
West Sussex	17,028	14,753	13,845	21,437	21,431
Wiltshire	9,483	10,009	9,949	6,403	5,626
England	(10)812,749	797,677	797,610	732,158	802,199

(9) LEA did not submit information.

(10) Totals have been grossed to compensate for non returns.

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Class Sizes

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list average class sizes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools and total primary pupil numbers and total secondary pupil numbers in each of the past three years in each local education authority. [11426]

Mr. Robin Squire: The information requested is shown in the following tables.

20 Jan 1997 : Column: 467

Average size of single teacher classes and pupils on register in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority area in England 1994-1996Position in January each year

	Primary schools						Secondary schools
	Total pupils on register			Average class size			Total pupils on register			Average class size
	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996
Corporation of London	214	219	214	27.0	26.8	26.8	(11)--	(11)--	(11)--	(11)--	(11)--	(11)--
Camden	10,928	11,083	11,153	27.1	27.3	27.3	10,657	10,768	10,861	20.4	19.8	20.5
Greenwich	21,080	21,234	21,535	26.1	26.4	25.5	13,980	13,994	13,653	21.9	21.7	21.6
Hackney	16,883	17,936	18,077	25.7	26.1	26.1	7,445	7,453	7,366	21.9	21.5	23.0
Hammersmith	9,191	9,430	9,502	25.2	25.6	26.1	5,885	5,971	5,953	21.0	22.8	22.6
Islington	15,657	15,998	16,255	25.9	26.6	26.2	7,215	7,450	7,537	23.1	23.2	22.8
Kensington and Chelsea	6,441	6,418	6,512	24.9	25.1	24.4	3,162	3,177	3,202	19.1	18.5	20.4
Lambeth	18,932	19,034	19,123	24.2	24.6	24.6	6,306	6,677	6,601	21.6	21.5	22.1
Lewisham	20,814	21,061	21,602	26.0	25.4	25.7	10,888	10,951	10,879	22.6	21.6	21.2
Southwark	22,520	22,768	22,883	26.9	26.9	26.1	9,384	9,172	9,160	24.3	24.7	24.4
Tower Hamlets	21,732	22,051	22,416	26.4	26.7	25.8	11,888	12,293	12,707	22.4	23.1	23.1
Wandsworth	17,437	17,567	17,915	25.0	25.2	25.4	8,941	9,181	9,183	21.2	21.7	21.7
Westminster	9,226	9,479	9,582	24.0	25.3	24.9	7,464	7,551	7,627	20.8	21.1	21.9
Barking	16,102	17,250	17,601	26.1	26.7	26.7	9,756	9,953	10,054	21.8	21.2	21.1
Barnet	24,002	24,443	24,809	26.4	26.5	26.3	18,790	19,158	19,437	19.8	19.4	19.1
Bexley	19,508	21,062	21,856	27.5	28.6	28.6	14,525	14,549	14,748	22.0	21.4	21.6
Brent	22,404	22,478	22,665	27.0	26.9	26.7	12,688	13,233	13,432	20.9	21.0	20.9
Bromley	22,430	23,055	23,832	28.1	28.4	28.7	17,150	17,801	18,069	21.1	20.2	20.4
Croydon	27,016	28,414	29,568	27.6	28.1	28.3	14,909	15,238	15,306	21.9	22.2	22.0
Ealing	25,595	26,257	26,921	26.6	26.6	27.2	13,480	13,872	14,185	22.2	22.1	22.3
Enfield	23,823	24,500	25,309	27.8	28.4	28.5	17,848	18,218	18,637	21.2	21.0	21.5
Haringey	19,777	20,538	21,251	26.7	27.2	27.0	9,222	9,673	10,056	21.2	21.5	21.7
Harrow	19,348	19,579	19,918	26.8	27.1	27.8	8,320	8,453	8,409	23.4	22.9	22.7
Havering	20,108	20,396	20,710	27.5	27.4	27.9	14,892	14,908	14,667	22.2	22.0	22.1
Hillingdon	20,543	21,188	21,949	27.1	26.8	26.6	14,115	14,326	14,644	21.0	20.7	20.9
Hounslow	19,595	19,751	19,914	26.2	27.4	27.3	14,526	14,879	15,110	21.3	21.5	20.9
Kingston upon Thames	10,771	11,033	11,420	28.9	29.5	30.0	7,787	7,959	8,034	20.5	20.0	20.2
Merton	15,654	15,868	16,119	27.2	27.0	28.1	7,313	7,495	7,595	22.0	22.0	23.3
Newham	25,586	27,432	28,114	27.5	27.5	27.9	14,067	14,775	15,261	24.5	24.2	24.8
Redbridge	19,707	19,814	20,585	29.3	29.2	29.0	15,362	15,703	16,336	20.9	20.6	21.3
Richmond upon Thames	11,195	11,444	11,918	25.7	26.1	26.7	7,622	7,650	7,700	23.3	23.5	22.9
Sutton	13,470	13,883	14,272	28.3	28.0	27.3	11,359	11,753	12.001	21.4	21.5	20.7
Waltham Forest	20,164	20,690	21,158	26.8	26.5	26.4	11,506	12,082	12,101	22.5	23.0	23.5
Birmingham	107,700	108,635	110,045	28.2	28.2	27.8	64,728	65,504	66,.095	22.1	21.7	21.6
Coventry	29,825	30,113	30,314	27.1	27.8	27.2	19,013	19,274	19,343	22.9	22.9	22.4
Dudley	29,582	30,010	30,623	27.0	27.3	26.9	18,124	18,448	18,628	22.7	229	23.0
Sandwell	32,291	32,723	33,061	27.9	28.2	28.6	18,418	18,993	19,023	21.2	21.9	22.1
Solihull	20,120	20,747	21,395	27.3	27.6	28.2	13,505	13,929	14,160	21.8	21.6	21.6
Walsall	28,526	28,554	28,864	25.7	26.0	26.0	19,506	19,803	19,755	20.6	20.4	20.8
Wolverhampton	25,608	25,867	26,283	25.9	26.2	26.5	16,001	16,093	15,930	20.5	21.6	21.2
Knowsley	19,000	20,122	20,117	27.7	28.0	27.6	9,096	9,449	9,494	22.1	22.4	21.6
Liverpool	51,616	50,364	50,374	26.9	27.1	26.8	30,556	31,138	31,510	20.4	20.7	20.8
St. Helens	17,635	17,698	17,829	26.8	27.0	27.5	11,759	11,873	11,789	19.7	20.3	20.0
Sefton	27,399	27,867	28,198	27.2	27.6	27.5	19,030	19,453	19,497	20.9	21.9	21.3
Wirral	31,632	31,741	32,126	25.9	26.1	26.4	21,159	21.424	22,753	20.9	20.5	20.9
Bolton	27,638	28,085	28,435	28.1	28.7	28.5	17,031	17,324	17,491	21.1	21.3	21.8
Bury	176,248	17,542	17,952	27.5	27.8	28.3	10,332	10,689	10.853	22.7	23.0	23.6
Manchester	46,923	47,056	46,856	26.5	26.9	27.0	21,693	22,126	22,019	22.4	22.3	22.3
Oldham	24,774	24,961	25,114	28.6	28.5	28.6	16,331	16,607	16,693	22.5	22.8	21.8
Rochdale	21,658	21,830	22,287	29.5	29.2	29.2	12,942	13,204	13,177	22.8	23.3	23.0
Salford	23,265	23,734	23,919	27.1	27.3	27.4	11,639	11,949	11,977	22.3	21.9	22.4
Stockport	25,595	25,925	26,449	27.7	27.5	27.7	16,019	16,273	15,655	21.6	21.9	22.5
Thameside	23,296	23,678	23,907	29.6	29.5	29.3	13,372	13,781	14,058	23.7	23.8	23.5
Trafford	20,565	21,134	21,502	29.0	29.0	28.7	11,947	12,461	12,882	21.6	21.8	22.0
Wigan	29,963	29,932	30,272	27.9	28.0	28.2	19,523	19,923	19,898	21.4	21.6	21.6
Barnsley	21,502	21.703	21,910	27.4	27.5	28.2	12,730	12,976	12,988	22.9	22.8	23.2
Doncaster	29,.459	28,916	30,614	27.5	28.1	28.2	21,868	22,978	21,515	21.1	21.4	21.7
Rotherham	24,954	25,215	25,645	25.1	25.8	26.9	18,187	18,771	18,953	20.5	21.4	21.7
Sheffield	44,563	45,225	45,850	26.3	26.8	26.8	26,981	27,359	27,503	22.4	22.6	23.1
Bradford	41,229	41,547	42,190	27.3	27.8	27.9	46,297	46,584	46,072	22.5	22.8	22.7
Calderdale	19,881	20,316	20,487	27.9	27.5	27.7	13,390	13,657	13,810	20.2	21.0	20.9
Kirklees	37,719	38,189	38,501	27.2	28.2	28.7	24,875	25,225	25,363	21.4	20.9	21.7
Leeds	69,428	70,583	71,135	27.9	28.2	28.1	43,627	44,282	44,274	20.5	20.5	21.1
Wakefield	30,708	31,180	31,840	27.5	27.9	28.0	20,084	20,708	20,428	21.8	21.7	21.8
Gateshead	18,366	18,564	18,684	25.8	26.0	25.9	11,751	11,780	11,853	20.7	20.4	20.6
Newcastle upon Tyne	22,441	22,460	22,389	27.3	27.6	27.7	16,902	17,285	17,288	21.5	21.3	21.6
North Tyneside	16,615	16,952	17,015	26.5	26.9	27.0	14,342	14,440	14,316	21.9	22.1	21.9
South Tyneside	16,023	16,233	16,398	26.3	26.3	26.8	9,570	9,755	9,650	22.5	22.6	22.4
Sunderland	30,057	29,942	30,324	25.6	25.4	25.6	19,436	19,586	19,311	20.9	21.0	21.2
Isles of Scilly	169	157	152	18.7	17.3	13.7	122	126	113	24.0	26.0	15.0
Avon	80,700	82,079	83,196	27.7	27.8	27.7	54,418	54,667	54,720	21.2	21.1	21.4
Bedfordshire	43,511	44,045	44,604	26.3	26.8	27.1	44,711	45,476	45,966	22.0	21.9	22.5
Berkshire	62,455	63,732	65,313	27.1	27.0	27.3	47,005	47,620	47,834	20.1	20.3	20.4
Buckinghamshire	62,365	63,960	65,156	27.2	27.3	27.8	37,166	37,739	37,999	21.1	20.6	21.4
Cambridgeshire	59,127	59,686	60,492	27.4	27.3	27.8	40,904	41,702	41,762	22.3	21.8	22.3
Cheshire	89,944	90,598	92,088	27.4	27.3	27.4	63,583	64,707	64,942	21.1	21.3	21.3
Cleveland	65,102	65,169	65,607	26.8	26.9	26.9	36,437	37,128	37,240	22.1	22.1	22.1
Cornwall	40,531	41,055	41,667	26.8	27.0	27.3	28,977	29,387	29,515	22.2	22.2	22.4
Cumbria	42,840	43,140	43,969	25.7	26.2	26.0	31,215	31,711	32,076	20.6	21.0	21.0
Derbyshire	85,418	86,478	88,613	27.3	27.9	28.9	57,548	58,397	58,514	21.4	21.7	22.3
Devon	80,633	82,430	83,698	26.4	26.7	27.2	58,826	60,429	61,351	21.1	21.3	21.3
Dorset	45,803	47,042	48,075	27.5	27.6	27.7	41,286	42,201	42,828	21.9	21.8	22.0
Durham	56,334	56,549	57,246	27.5	27.7	28.4	37,708	38,265	37,976	21.6	21.9	22.5
East Sussex	51,981	53,190	54,875	27.4	27.5	27.7	34,349	35,407	35,690	21.0	21.3	21.1
Essex	123,997	128,567	132,554	26.9	26.9	26.9	95,893	96,325	96,681	21.9	21.9	21.8
Gloucestershire	43,597	44,764	45,679	26.4	26.7	27.2	33,389	34,001	34,394	21.5	21.6	22.1
Hampshire	137,313	135,389	137,986	27.4	27.7	27.8	79,199	84,415	85,427	22.2	22.3	22.4
Hereford and Worcester	49,251	50,662	51,430	25.1	25.5	25.9	47,472	48,173	47,796	21.7	21.9	21.8
Hertfordshire	84,825	87,464	89,738	26.4	26.5	26.7	68,347	69,532	70,371	20.1	20.0	20.2
Humberside	85,409	86,432	87,757	27.5	27.7	27.9	56,111	56,877	57,075	22.6	22.8	22.3
Isle of Wight	7,214	7,279	7,435	26.0	26.3	26.9	10,498	10,648	10,805	22.2	22.1	22.4
Kent	129,234	133,025	135,598	27.6	27.7	27.7	102,229	102,764	103,769	20.9	20.7	20.6
Lancashire	130,576	132,402	133,891	27.7	27.9	28.4	84,257	86,116	86,918	21.4	21.6	22.4
Leicestershire	80,448	81,429	82,493	25.8	26.5	26.7	59,963	60,973	61,552	21.5	22.2	22.2
Lincolnshire	49,844	51,488	52,763	26.5	26.8	26.7	37,841	38,605	39,221	19.9	20.0	20.2
Norfolk	62,631	63,972	64,844	25.1	25.4	26.0	41,078	41,410	41,441	20.2	20.0	20.1
North Yorkshire	59,240	60,605	61,850	25.7	26.2	26.3	44.013	45,065	45,638	20.8	20.7	20.8
Northamptonshire	51,265	52,446	53,649	26.4	26.7	26.5	44,910	45,270	45,659	20.6	20.8	21.3
Northumberland	21,692	21,621	21,737	27.0	27.2	27.1	29,329	29,758	29,804	22.0	22.7	22.6
Nottinghamshire	92,884	94,094	95,703	27.0	27.4	28.3	63,768	64,998	65,414	20.5	20.6	21.2
Oxfordshire	41,313	42,765	43,912	25.6	25.9	26.8	35,127	35,888	36,281	21.0	21.1	21.9
Shropshire	35,991	36,764	37,664	26.4	26.6	27.3	25,223	25,820	25,780	21.1	21.5	21.6
Somerset	36,453	37,237	37,849	26.9	27.0	27.3	28,038	28,545	28,845	22.1	22.5	23.2
Staffordshire	93,514	94,651	96,188	27.7	27.6	27.7	69,487	70,645	71,093	22.1	22.0	22.3
Suffolk	44,355	45,582	46,696	24.8	24.9	25.1	48,024	48,798	49,040	20.7	20.9	21.0
Surrey	73,325	74,600	77,049	25.5	25.6	25.8	45,405	50,534	50,777	21.6	21.6	21.6
Warwickshire	46,446	46,650	47,209	26.5	26.9	27.9	25,087	26,005	26,260	20.3	20.6	21.3
West Sussex	53,158	54,995	56,516	26.2	26.5	26.8	39,952	40,415	40,426	21.6	21.9	21.7
Wiltshire	48,205	49,351	50,861	26.6	26.9	27.1	34,487	35,294	35,776	21.3	21.4	21.3
England	4,241,750	4,312,200	4,389,364	26.9	27.1	27.3	2,933,598	2,993,256	3,011,284	21.4	21.5	21.6

(11) Not applicable.

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Mr. Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment when she expects the form 7 figures to have been processed in order to provide class size information as at January 1997; and if she will make a statement. [11360]

Mr. Squire [holding reply 17 January 1996]: Provisional figures on class sizes in maintained primary and secondary schools as at January 1997 are expected to be published in a statistical press notice at the end of June.

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